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10 Sheetsshat 9 1968 ISAMU UCHIDA COIN COUNTING AND WRAPPING MACHINE 1oSheets-Sheet '10 Filed NOV- 5, 1966 3,416,291 COIN COUNTING AND WRAPPINGMACHINE Isamu Uchida, No. 10-1, 4-chome, Daito, Daito-ku, Tokyo, JapanFiled Nov. 3, 1966, Ser. No. 591,743 12 Claims. (Cl. 53-78) The presentinvention relates to a coin counting and wrapping machine and moreparticularly to a device by means of which each mechanism in the machineis set in starting position by a single operation.

Recently, coin counting and wrapping machines have been widely used forcounting and wrapping coins in such facilities as, for example, banksand stores, Where coins are handled in a large quantity. In suchmachines wherein coins are counted in predetermined numbers, e.g. fifty,stacked into a cylindrical shape and wrapped with a wrapping material,odd sums of coins remain in the machine without being wrapped when themachine is stopped. In order to start another cycle of coin counting andwrapping operation, therefore, it is necessary to remove the odd sum ofcoins from the machine and set each mechanism in starting position.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for coincounting and wrapping machines of the type described, by means of whicha fraction of coins remaining in the machine is removed therefrom andeach mechanism of the machine is set in starting position by a singleoperation.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent fromthe following detailed description taken with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a coin counting and wrapping machine,with a cover removed, in which the present invention is embodied;

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of a portion of the coin selecting section andthe coin counting section of the machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIGURE 3 is a front view of the coin counting mechamsm;

FIGURE 4 is a side view of an important portion of the coin countingmechanism;

FIGURE 5 is a plan view taken on line VV of FIG. 4 and as viewed atright angles to the view of FIG. 4 so as to show the arrangement in thesame direction;

FIGURE 6 is a bottom view taken on line VI-VI of FIG. 4;

FIGURE 7 is a plan view in enlargement of a fragment of the mechanismshown in FIG. 5;

FIGURE 8 is a view taken on line VIIIVIII of FIG. 3;

FIGURE 9 is a view taken on line IXIX of FIG. 3;

FIGURE 10 is a view taken on line XX of FIG. 3; and

FIGURE 11 is a plan view of a coin accumulating cylinder clearingmechanism in the coin wrapping section.

Referring now to FIG. 1, the illustrated coin counting and wrappingmachine includes a coin selecting section A, a coin counting section Band a coin wrapping section C, said coin counting section B beingarranged adjacent to an exit of the coin selecting section A, said coinWrapping section C being arranged below the coin counting section B andboth said coin counting section B and said coin wrapping section Ccommunicating with each other through a substantially vertical coinpassage D.

The coin selecting section A includes a rotary disc 1 and an exit 2 forsaid coin selecting section A is formed adjacent to the outer peripheryof said rotary disc 1. At the exit 2 is disposed a movable adjustingmember 3 having an arcuate inner peripheral edge which is arrangedUnited States Patent 0 in adjacent relation to the outer peripheral edgeof said disc 1 so as to form a slot therebetween through which coins ofsmaller diameters are dropped. The width of said slot is adjustedaccording to the diameter of the coins to be screened and coins ofsmaller diameters having dropped through said slot are dischargedthrough a discharge opening not shown. The terminal edge of the movablemember 3 defines an outlet channel between it and a fixed member of thecoin selecting section A, the width of said outlet channel correspondingto the diameter of the coins to be screened. Thus, coins of largerdiameters are prevented from passing through said outlet channel. Withthe arrangement described, when the disc 1 is rotated at an appropriaterotational frequency, the coins supplied on the disc 1 are movedradially outwardly due to centrifugal force to be screened by said slotand outlet channel and coins of a desired kind only are dischargedthrough the outlet channel. Since the coin selecting mechanism of thetype described above is already known and does not constitute theessential part of the present invention, no further explanation will begiven thereon.

The coin counting section B, which is arranged adjacent to the exit 2 ofthe coin selecting section A, includes a star-shaped counting wheel 4with a plurality of arcuate recesses 4a formed peripherally thereof.This wheel is secured to a vertical rotary shaft 5 which is journalledin a fixed portion of the machine. The shaft 5 has a bevel gear 6 fixedto the top end thereof as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, which bevel gear mesheswith another bevel gear 7 secured to one end of a horizontal shaft 8.The other end of the horizontal shaft 8 is connected to an integratingcounter 9. Fixed to the lower end of the vertical rotary shaft 5 is agear 10 which is provided with a number of teeth corresponding to thenumber of recesses 4a formed in the wheel 4. This gear 10 meshes with anidler gear 11 which in turn meshes with a first counting gear 12 free torotate about a vertical shaft. Also disposed at the exit 2 of the coinselecting section A in adjacent relation to the star-shaped countingwheel 4 is a coin delivery rubber roller 13, which is secured to one endof a horizontal shaft 14. This horizontal shaft 14 is driven from anappropriate power source by way of a pulley mounted on the other endthereof. This roller assembly is supported on a fixed frame of themachine by means of a pivot 16. The roller 13 which is retained in theposition shown in FIG. 3 may be displaced upwardly as required byrotating the roller assembly about the pivot 16 clockwise. For thispurpose an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown) is provided.

The roller 13 is driven in the position shown in FIG. 3 to deliver coinswhich are indicated by imaginary lines in FIG. 2. Each coin while beingdelivered fits in the recess 4a in the wheel 4 and turns said wheel byone tooth. It will be appreciated therefore that the gear 10 andtherefore gear 12 are rotated clockwise by the number of teethcorresponding to the number of coins delivered.

The gear 12 is formed with a slot 17 extending from the undersurface tothe upper surface thereof and a pin 18 is provided in proximity to saidslot, projecting downwardly from the undersurface of said gear 12. Agenerally L-shaped lever 19 having a hook 19a at one end is pivotallyconnected to the machine frame by means of a pin 20 in such positionthat the end extremity of the hook 19a is engageable with the slot 17 inthe gear 12 and is biased to rotate clockwise by a spring 21 which isconnected to the other end of said lever 19. Due to such arrangement,the end extremity of the hook 19a of lever 19 is urged against theundersurface of the gear 12 by the bias of said spring 21. Between theundersurface of the gear 12 and the hook 19a there is disposed a swingplate 22 in order to prevent wearing of 3 the tip end of the hook 19adue to friction between it and the undersurface of gear 12. This swingplate 22 engages the hook 19a to prevent movement of said hook towardsthe gear 12 beyond said swing plate. The swing plate 22 has one endsecured to the machine frame by a pin 25, with the other end connectedto a spring 24 which biases said swing plate to rotate counterclockwiseand retains it in the position shown. The swing plate 22 is formed inits mid portion with a bent portion 22a which, when the swing plate 22is in its normal position as shown in the figure, engages the hook 19aof the lever 19, thereby preventing movement of said lever. It will beunderstood that, when the swing plate 22 is in the position shown, thehook 19 of the lever 19 does not come in contact with the undersurfaceof the gear 12 but when the slot 17 reaches a point close to the hook19a upon rotation of the gear 12, the pin 18 abuts against the bentportion 22a of the lever 22 causing said lever to turn clockwise againstthe bias of the spring 24. The hook 19a, therefore, is released fromengagement with the lever 22 and pressed against the undersurface of thegear 12 under the action of spring 21. When the slot 17 has reached theposition of the hook 19a upon further rotation of the gear 12, the hookcomes into engagement with the slot 17 and thereby rotation of the gear12 and therefore of the star-shaped counting wheel 4 is stopped. Theengagement of the hook 19:: with the slot 17 is released by means of asolenoid 23. This solenoid 23 is arranged such that its plunger pushesthe end of the lever 19 opposite to the hook 19a. Upon excitation of thesolenoid, the plunger 23a projects outwardly to cause the lever 19 toswing counterclockwise and thus the hook 19a is released from engagementwith the slot 17. As soon as the hook 19a is cleared from the gear 12,the swing plate 22 is returned to its normal position shown in thefigure under the action of spring 24 and thus the hook 19a is preventedfrom contacting the undersurface of the gear 12. As will be appreciatedfrom the foregoing description, the solenoid 23 is required to beexcited only for a very short period. In this embodiment, since the gear12 has fifty teeth, the hook 19:: comes in engagement with the slot 17every time 50 coins have been counted.

A link 26 has one end connected to the lower portion of the lever 19,with the other end connected to a second link 27 for actuating amicroswitch 28. When the lever 19 is rocked for the engagement of thehook 19a with the slot 17, an actuating arm for the microswitch is movedby way of the links 26 and 27. When the microswitch 28 is actuated uponengagement of the hook 19a with the slot 17, the coin delivery roller 13is stopped and, at the same time, a wrapping mechanism as will bedescribed later is actuated to Wrap the coins which have already beencounted and formed into a stack. Upon completion of the coin wrappingoperation, the solenoid 23 is excited, whereupon the plunger isprojected outward to the position indicated by the chain lines in FIG.4, moving the lower end of the lever 19 to the right as viewed in thefigure and thereby causing said lever to swing counterclockwise. In thismanner, the hook 19a is released from engagement with the slot 17.

A second counting gear 30 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 31 above andoverlap-ping the gear 12 and a pin provided on the gear 12, offset fromthe center thereof, engages the teeth of the gear 30 to advance saidgear by one tooth each time the gear 12 rotates. The gear 30 is biasedto rotate clockwise as viewed in FIG. 5 by a torsion spring 34 which isarranged to act between a protruding tab 33 fixed to or formedintegrally with the shaft 31 and the gear 30, and is retained in apredetermined position by a second protruding tab 35, also fixed to orformed integrally with the shaft 31 of the gear 30 below said gear, anda pin 36 arranged for engagement with said protruding tab 35. Thestopping position of the gear 30 may be determined optionally byoperating a knob 37 which is provided at the top end of the shaft 31. Abifurcated lever 38 is connected to the machine frame by a pin 39 andthe free end of one of the arms 40 thereof is connected to a spring 41,so that the other arm 42 of the lever 38 is elastically urged againstthe gear 30. The arm 42 of the lever 38 and the gear are arranged suchthat the arm 42 being in engagement with the gear 30 under the influenceof the spring 41 prevents the clockwise rotation of said gear 30 butdoes not interfere with the counterclockwise rotation of the same.

A fan-shaped cam 43 is rotatably secured by means of a pin 45 foroperative engagement with the arm of lever 38 and a generally L-shapedlever 44 is provided for movement integrally with said cam 43. One ofthe arms 44a of the lever 44 extends above the gear 30, while the otherarm 44b thereof extends above the lever 19 to engage with a projection1% formed in the upper portion of said lever 19 so as to prevent furtherclockwise rotation of said lever after the swing plate 22 is retracted.The gear 30 carries a pin 46 projecting from the upper surface thereofat a point slightly radially inwardly of its outer peripheral edge. Thispin 46 comes in contact with the arm 44a of the lever 44, when the gear30 is rotated counterclockwise as viewed in FIGS. 5 and 7, to cause thelever 44--cam 45 assembly to rotate clockwise. Upon rotation of theassembly clockwise, the arm 44b of the lever 44 is disengaged from theprojection 19b of the lever 19 first, permitting the lever 19 to rotatecounterclockwise under the action of the spring 21. The hook 19a is,therefore, pressed against the undersurface of the gear 12 andthereafter the hook 19a is brought in engagement with the slot 17 whenthe slot is moved to the position of said hook. Here, it is importantthat the location of the pin 46 is determined such that the arm 44b isreleased from engagement with the projection 19]) when the plate 22 ismoved inwardly by the pin 18. At the same time, the cam 43 acts on thearm 40 of the lever 38 to rotate said lever clockwise. The rotation ofthe lever 38 results in disengagement of the arm 42 from the teeth ofgear 30, so that the gear 30 is rotated clockwise under the action of,the torsion spring 34 until the pin 36 abuts against the tab 35 mountedon the shaft 31.

-"As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, one end of a link 72 is connected to thefree end of the arm 44b of L-shaped lever 44, while the other endthereof is connected to one end of the transverse arm of the T -shapedlink 74 which is-pivotally secured at 73, the other end 77 of saidtransverse arm being arranged for abutment against the backside of amovable hollow member within the passage D. A link 75 has one endconnected to the end of the leg of link 74 and is urged to rotateclockwise by the bias of a tension spring 76 mounted thereon. Themovable member 55, upon movement, causes a counterclockwise swingingmovement of the T-shaped link 74 by pushing it at one end but thisswinging movement of the link 74 is' not directly concerned with thepresent invention and therefore will not be described in further detail.

The link 75, as shown in PEG. 5, is formed at the other end with a slot75a in which a vertical cam shaft is received. The cam shaft 90 has afirst cam 91 fixed thereto below the link 75 and a cam follower roller92 mounted on the link 75 rolls on the cam surface of said cam 91 incontact therewith.

The cam shaft 90 has fixed to the top end thereof a gear 93 which mesheswith a gear 94 driven by a motor 95 through a reduction mechanism 96. Onthe upper surface of the gear 94 is formed a cam 97 having a cam surface97a and a roller mounted on a cam follower lever 99 is arranged to rollon said cam surface 97a, said cam follower lever 99 being connected tothe free end of a resetting lever 98 by means of which the scale of thecounter 9 is reset to zero. Such being the arrangement, when the cam 97is rotated with the roller 100 on the ridge of the cam surface 97a, thelever 99 is rotated counterclockwise along with the shaft 101, therebyresetting the scale of the counter 9 to zero.

The cam shaft also has fixed thereto below the cam 91 a second cam 103(FIG. 10) for cooperation with a cam follower 104 (FIG. 9) carried on alever 105 which is in engagement with said cam shaft with the latterextending through a slot 105a formed therein. The lever 105 has one endconnected to a link 107 arranged for pivotal movement about a pivot 106The link 107 car- -ries a roller 108 abutting against the side edge of alever at a point in proximity of one end thereof, said lever 110 beingsupported by a pivot 109 and carrying the aforementioned idler gear 11at the other end. In order to insure positive contact between the lever110 and the roller 108, a spring 111 is disposed between the lever 105and lever 110. There is also provided a spring 112 for biasing the lever105 to the right as viewed in FIGS. 3 and 9. When the roller gets on theridge of the cam 103 upon rotation of said cam, the lever 105 is pulledto the left against the bias of the spring 112, with the result that thelever 110 is rotated clockwise, releasing the engagement between thegears 10' and 11.

At the bottom end of the cam shaft 90 there is disposed a third cam 113(FIG. 10), which, upon rotation, operates an arm 116 (FIG. 8) to therebybring switches 114 and 115 into their closed positions. The switch 114is a self-retaining switch for the operating circuit of the motor 95 andwhen this switch is in the closed position, the motor will not stop itsoperation even after the pressure is removed from a motor startingbutton (not shown). On the other hand, the switch 115 is provided toconduct current through the circuit of the wrapping section C inpreparation for wrapping operation. The cam 113 carries thereon a roller117 at a point offset from the axis of rotation thereof, so that whenthe cam 113 rotates, the roller 117 abuts against an end of a lever 119pivotally mounted on a pin 118, causing said lever 119 to make aswinging movement.

Also pivotally mounted on the pin 118 is a lever 120 which is connectedto the lever 119 by a spring 121 so as to maintain said levers 119 and120 in predetermined relative positions. The shaft 12a supporting thegear 12 is extended downward with an egg-shaped cam 122 fixed to thelower end thereof in substantially the same plane as that of the cam113. The lever 120 is disposed such that an end thereof is engageablewith the cam 122, and the side edge of the lever 120 facing the cam 122is formed with two successive arcuate notches 123 and 124. When thelevers 119 and 120 are rotated by the roller 117 clockwise as viewed inFIG. 8, the projection defined by said two arcuate notches 123 and 124or the corner portion 126 defined by the arcuate notch 123 and an end ofthe lever 120 is brought into contact with the side face of the cam 122,thus rotating said cam clockwise or counterclockwise to the positionindicated by the chain line 122a. Such rotation of the cam 122 takesplace under the action of said portion 125 or 126 even when the cam 122is not in the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 8 but is, forexample, in the position indicated by the chain line 12% or 1220. Whenthe cam 122 is posi tioned as indicated by the chain line 122a, thearcuate notch 123 of the lever 120 is brought into contact with theshaft 12a on the side opposite to the cam 122 and thereby prevents thesubsequent rotation of the cam 122. In this position of the lever 120,the hook 19a of the lever 19 is engageable with the slot 17 in the gear12.

FIG. 11 shows the clearing mechanism for the coin accumulating cylinder50. The coin accumulating cylinder is arranged below the passage D andconsists of a pair of members 50a and 50b, each of which has a concavesurface so as to define a cylindrical coin accumulating hollow 130 whenthey are put together. Both members 50a and 50b are hingably connectedto each other by means of a hinge pin 131, so that they are opened by anappropriate opening mechanism (not shown) from the closed positionindicated by the solid lines, provided for removal of the stack of coinshaving accumulated in said hollow transversely thereof.

A pair of levers, one of which only is designated by the numeral 133 andwhich are adapted to remove the stack of coins in the coin accumulatingcylinder 50, have one end swingably supported by a pin 134 and are[provided at the other end with a pair of gripping pins, one of whichonly is designated by the numeral 132, for clamping the stack of coinstherebetween and transferring it to the coin wrapping mechanism. Thecoin wrapping mechanism may be of any of the known types, one of whichis disclosed, for example, in United States Patent No. 3,037,336.

According to the present invention, a fan-shaped coin support plate 135is disposed below the coin accumulating hollow 130. This coin supportplate 135 is pivotally connected to the bottom of the member 50b at itscorner and .a link 136 is disposed below the support plate 135, whichlink has one end connected to the underside of said support plate, withthe other end connected to a movable arm 138 which is free to swingabout a pin 137. The arm 138 is connected to a plunger 141 of a solenoid140 at an intermediate portion thereof by way of a link 139. Thus, itwill be understood that, when the solenoid 140 is excited, the plunger141 is retracted causing the lever 138 to swing clockwise as viewed inFIG. 11, with the result that the support plate 135 is displaced to theposition indicated by the chain lines in the figure, permitting thecoins in the accumulating hollow 130 to drop to be removed from themachine.

This support plate 135 will not interfere with the coin wrappingoperation because of the arrangement such that, during the normal coinwrapping operation, the support plate 135 is cleared away from thebottom of the coin accumulating cylinder 50 by the pins 132 as said pinsare brought below the coin accumulating cylinder by the swingingmovement of the levers 133.

The coin counting and wrapping machine of the invention operates in themanner described below.

During the normal coin wrapping operation, the passage D is positionedabove the position indicated in FIG. 5 by the broken lines and the link74 rotates counterclockwise from the position shown in the figure. Thecam 43 is rotated clockwise by the member 55 by way of the links 74, 72and lever 44 as mentioned previously to act on the lever 38 and thus thearm 42 of said lever is released from engagement with the gear 30. Underthis condition, the gear 30 is returnable to its original position underthe action of the spring 34 immediately after it is rotated by the pin32 on the gear 12 counterclockwise. Simultaneously, the arm 44b of lever44 is dislodged from the projection 19b of the lever 19, permitting saidlever 19 to be in contact with the undersurface of the gear 12immediately after the swing plate 22 is moved inwardly.

When the machine is operated under the condition set out above, coinsare delivered by the delivery roller 13, while rotating the star-shapedcounting wheel 4. Thus, the gear 12 is turned by the number of teethcorresponding to the number of coins having been delivered, through thegears 10 and 11, and completes its one full turn when a predeterminednumber, which is fifty in this embodiment, of coins have been delivered.The gear 12 starts to be rotated from a point at which the slot 17 is inengagement with the hook 19a. and, when the gear 12 has made one fullturn, the slot 17 is again brought to a point where it is engageablewith the hook 19a. The swing plate 22 which prevents the hook 19a fromcontacting the gear 12 is retracted immediately before the slot 17 isbrought to the engaging point, so that the rotation of the gear 12 isstopped by the hook 19a when the slot 17 has reached the aforementionedengaging point.

The coins which have been delivered during this coin counting processare sent through the passage D to the coin wrapping section C where theyare stacked in the coin accumulating cylinder. Upon engagement of thehook 190! with the slot, 17 the microswitch 28 is closed by the lever19, whereupon the wrapping machine is set in operation, removing thestack of coins from the coin accumulating cylinder and wrapping the samewith a wrapping paper. The wrapping machine may be of any conventionaltype, e.g. of the type disclosed by United States Patent No. 3,037,336.It should be noted, however, that the present invention is notrestricted to the use of only such wrapping machine but mechanisms ofother types may also be employed.

Coincidently with the closure of the microswitch 28, the solenoid forthe delivery roller 13 is excited, whereupon said roller is lifted fromits operative position and the delivery of coins is stopped.

When the coin wrapping process has proceeded to a certain degree or hasbeen completed, the solenoid 23 is excited causing the plunger 23a: toproject outwardly to the position indicated by the chain lines in FIG.4. As a result, the hook 19a is released from engagement with the slot17 and at the same time the roller 13 is returned to its operativeposition, commencing another cycle of the coin counting process.

Supposing now that the machine has stopped its operation with an odd sumof coins (in a number less than in this embodiment) in the coinaccumulating cylinder 50, it is necessary to rid said cylinder of thecoins and also to set all mechanisms in their starting positionsrespectively before another cycle of operation is started.

According to the present invention, this can be achieved merely bypressing a push-button switch (not shown). Namely, when the push-buttonswitch is pressed, the circuit of the motor 95 is closed to put saidmotor into operation. The driving force of the motor 95 is transmittedto the cam shaft through the gears 94 and 93. The rotation of the camshaft 90 causes the cam 113 to rotate, bringing the switch 114 into theclosed position. Thereafter, the motor 95 continues its operation evenafter the pressure is removed from the push-button switch.

Upon rotation of the gear 94 and therefore the cam 97, the roller rideson the ridge of the cam surface 970 causing a rocking motion of thelever 98 and thereby the scale of the counter is set to zero.Simultaneously the cam shaft 90 is rotated through the gear 93.Therefore, the link 75 is pushed by the cam 91 to the right as viewed inFIG. 5, causing the link 74 to rotate counterclockwise about the pin 73.This movement of the link 74 is transmitted to the L-shaped lever 44through the link 72 cansing it to rotate clockwise. As a result, the arm44b of lever 44 is disengaged from the projection 19b of lever 19 andthus the hook 19b of lever 19 is brought into contact with theundersurface of the gear 12 soon after said hook is retracted from theplate 22.

By the rotation of the shaft 90, the second cam 103 is rotated to pullthe lever 105 to the left as viewed in FIG. 9. This movement of thelever 105 releases the lever to rotate clockwise and thereby theengagement between the gears 10 and 11 is terminated. In this case,since the engagement of the arm 42 of lever 38 with the gear 30 isreleased by the aforementioned clockwise rotation of the lever 44, thedisengagement of the gear 10 from the gear 11 sets the gear 12 free torotate either clockwise or counterclockwise.

At the same time, the levers 119 and 120 are moved clockwise by theroller 117 on the cam 113, whereupon the portions and 126 of the lever120 are brought in contact with the cam 122, causing said cam to rotateto the position shown by the chain line 122a in FIG. 8. In this positionof the cam 122, the slot 17 in the gear 12 is engageable with the hook190 of the lever 19, namely the gear 12 is placed in the startingposition. When the gear 94 has completed one full turn, the circuitconnected to the motor 95 is broken.

On the other hand, when the push-button switch is pressed as mentionedpreviously, the circuit including the solenoid 140 is closed, whereuponthe plunger 141 is retracted causing the coin support plate 135 to moveaway from below the coin accumulating hollow of the coin accumulatingcylinder 50 to the position indicated by the chain lines in FIG. 11 andthus the odd sum of coins in said acumulating hollow 130 drops down tobe moved to the outside of the machine. In the manner described, allsections of the machine are set in their starting positionsrespectively.

The gear 39 and the mechanism related thereto, shown in FIG. 5, will notbe detailed herein since they are not directly concerned with thepresent invention.

The details of the structure may be modified substantially withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and exclusive use of suchmodifications as come within the scope of appended claims is contempated.

What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus comprising coin counting means, coin wrapping means, saidcoin counting means including control means to count coins deliveredfrom said coin counting means to said coin wrapping means and tointerrupt the delivery of coins when a predetermined number of coinshave been delivered, said coin wrapping means in cluding a coinaccumulating cylinder for receiving coins from said coin counting meansand accumulating coins as a stack therein and a coin wrapping mechanismfor removing said stack of coins from said coin accumulating cylinderand wrapping the stack with a wrapping material, and further controlmeans to reset said coin counting means and simultaneously discharge anypartial stack of coins remaining in said coin accumulating cylinder.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said wrapping means comprisesa displaceable coin support plate below said cylinder to retain coinstherein and said contronl means includes a solenoid and a linkage meansbetween said solenoid and plate whereby the solenoid controls anddisplacement of said plate and thereby the discharge of coins from thecylinder.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the counting means includes agear provided with an opening, means to rotate said gear in proportionto the number of coins delivered to said cylinder, registration means toregister with said opening at the beginning and ending of the formationof a stack of said predetermined number of coins and, in registration,to activate the control means of said counting means and wherein saidfurther control means includes manually actuatable supplemental controlmeans including displacement means to rotate said gear to bring saidopening into registration with said registration means to actuate thecontrol means of said counting means.

4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the counting means includes agear arrangement to drive said gear, means to drive said geararrangement in proportion to said delivery of coins and support meanspivotally supporting said arrangement for selective engagement with saidgear and wherein said manually actuatable means includes displacementmeans to displace said support means to disengage the gear arrangementand gear.

5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 comprising zeroizable intergratingcounter means, said manually actuatable control means includingzeroizing means coupled to and adapted to zeroize said inegratingcounter means when operated to register said opening and registrationmeans.

6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the counting means includes agear arrangement to drive said gear, means to drive said geararrangement in proportion to said delivery of coins, and support meanspivotally supporting said arrangement for selective engagement with saidgear and wherein said manually actuatable means includes displacementmeans to displace said support means to disengage the gear arrangementand gear.

7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said wrapping meanscomprises a displaceable coin support plate below said cylinder toretain coins therein and said control means includes a solenoid and alinkage means between said solenoid and plate whereby the solenoidcontrols the displacement of said plate and thereby the discharge ofcoins from the cylinder, said apparatus comprising means for thesimultaneous operation of said solenoid and manually actuatable controlmeans.

8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein said manually actuatablecontrol means includes a motor and a shaft driven by said motor and saiddisplacement and zeroizing means include cams on said shaft.

9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein said zeroizing means includesa cam follower and wherein the corresponding cam includes an axiallydisposed ridge displacing said follower, said zeroizing means includinga linkage between said follower and integrating counter means.

10. Apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein the first said displacementmeans includes a further egg-shaped cam coupled to said gear to rotatethe latter, a shaft, two levers mounted on said shaft for concomitantpivotal movement, one of said two levers being engaged by the first saidcam of the first said displacement means, the other of said leversincluding a cam-shaped end to engage and rotate said egg-shaped cam.

11. Apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein the second saiddisplacement means includes a lever displaced by the corresponding cam,spring means coupling the latter said lever to said support means, andmeans intermediate sai d lever and support means to transferdisplacement of said lever to said support means.

12. Apparatus as claimed in claim 11 comprising a further cam on theshaft driven by said motor, a further lever operated by said further camand a linkage system coupling the latter said lever to said countingmeans for orientation of the latter to a starting position.

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1. APPARATUS COMPRISING COIN COUNTING MEANS, COIN WRAPING MEANS, SAIDCOIN COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS TO COUNT COINS DELIVEREDFROM SAID COIN COUNTING MEANS TO SAID COIN WRAPPING MEANS AND TOINTERRUPT THE DELIVERY OF COINS WHEN A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF COINSHAVE BEEN DELIVERED, SAID COIN WRAPPING MEANS INCLUDING A COINACCUMULATING CYLINDER FOR RECEIVING COINS FROM SAID COIN COUNTING MEANSAND ACCUMULATING COINS AS A STACK THEREIN AND A COIN WRAPPING MECHANISMFOR REMOVING SAID STACK OF COINS FROM SAID COIN ACCUMULATING CYLINDERAND WRAPPING THE STACK WITH A WRAPPING MATERIAL, AND FURTHER CONTROLMEANS TO RESET SAID COUN COUNTING MEANS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCHARGE ANYPARTIAL STACK OF COINS REMAINING IN SAID COIN ACCUMULATING CYLINDER.